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July summary: France has been baking for a 2nd month in a row. So has England to a lesser extent. Both are in deep drought with London crossing the 40 day no-rain mark on Tuesday (and counting). Eastern Europe got the cool stick. Germany a tug of hot and cool war. www.karstenhaustein.com/climate

The battle of two pre-El-Niño July: '23 vs '26! Antarctica & North Atlantic holding out cool-ish this month compared to July '23. UK / France amongst the current hot spots. Wildfires (FR and ES) as well as record drought (S England) are the result 🔥 #ClimateEmergency www.karstenhaustein.com/climate

No lies detected @jamesbronson.bsky.social "one could .. speak of ‘cold-blooded killers’ (AfD) and ‘impulsive criminals’ (Dobrindt, Merz). .. as long as we discuss antisocial behaviour in leadership positions only behind the fig leaf of ‘bad politics’, we .. are merely tinkering with a symptom."

Psychology knows the answer: "The need for uniqueness" (very often present in those left behind from society - for a multitude of reasons) Imhoff and Lamberty (2017): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Too special to be duped: Need for uniqueness motivates conspiracy beliefsAdding to the growing literature on the antecedents of conspiracy beliefs, this paper argues that a small part in motivating the endorsement of such seemingly irrational beliefs is the desire to stic...onlinelibrary.wiley.com

In case anyone is still listening: 14.500 excess deaths have been recorded during the June heatwave in Germany alone. At least 70% (i.e. ~10.000 premature deaths) r due to man-made climate change in 1 week. The conservative RKI numbers r certainly a massive underestimate! www.rki.de/DE/Themen/Ge...